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Press, 2 September 1986, Page 10

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Prisoners trapped

Suva police fought an hour-long battle with a group of escaped prisoners before about 200 people helped trap them in a taxi. — Suva. Too late A wedding invitation sent more than 24 years ago from a bridegroom’s father to the bride’s family in West Bengal arrived in Calcutta last week. The bridegroom and his father, who sent the postcard are now dead. The addressee had to pay 32 cents to cover increased postal charges. — New Delhi. Journalists held Chilean police yesterday sezied the latest edition of an opposition magazine and arrested a third journalist after accusations of slander against the Armed Forces. — Santiago

Unionist killed

Gangs armed with metal pipes battered to death a railway trade union official and badly wounded eight others yesterday. The police said they suspected the extreme Left-wing Chukaku (Central Core) group. — Tokyo. Sales upset Thousands of people yesterday demonstrated in towns across South Korea against the sale of foreign cigarettes. In July the Government opened the domestic cigarette market to foreign brands. — Seoul Boycott appeal South Korea has urged its northern neighbour to reverse a decision to boycott this month’s Asian Games and says it is holding the door open for a change of heart. — Seoul